# Incident 19910216008889I: Cessna U3A, Santa Ana, CA, February 16, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 1991, 09:00 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: John Wayne Airport-Orange Cou
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7368° N, 117.8829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7368&lon=-117.8829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3979A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3979A-2013-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U-3A (registry code 2074206, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u-3a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U3A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,647 total, 261 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910216008889I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

WHILE MANEUVERING IN RUNUP AREA HE RAN OVER 2 TAXIWAY LIGHTS. PILOT STATED HE HAD RIGHT BRAKE PROBLEMS.

## Other reports on N3979A (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19920216007169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920216007169I), Feb 16, 1992: Cessna U3A (N3979A), Lompoc, CA, Minor damage. Almost landed gear up on a simulated engine failure. Props struck runway. Made go around. Landed safely.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.